Two-motion divanette.



B. B. ENGLANDER. TWO MOTION DIVANETTTE. APPLIOATION IILED JAN.18, 1913.

Patented June 3, 1913.

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BENJAMIN :s. nnonmiiin'a,- or NEW roan, YL, AssIqnon To ENGLKNDER SPRING nan COMPANY, or :BnooKLY-n, new YORK, A commitment or NEW YORK.

This invention relates to convertible di vans or couch beds, more particularly to that class known as di'vanettes, the object of the invention being to provide an improved structure of this kind which nay be opened to form the usual length of bed while it need only take up about four feet space along the wall, and which divanette in the form thereof shown comprises a multiplicity of bed sections all movable by one. movement from one to the opposite side of stationary frame or section and then by another movement to forma full length bed or closed to form a divan, and which structure is comparatively inexpensive to manufacture and is simple and easily operated.

In the drawings accompanying andform ing partof this specification, Figure 1 a perspective view of this improved divanette partly opened; Fig, 2 is a perspec tive View thereof entirely opened; and Fig. 3 is a detail view of one end of the structure. Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts tl'n'oughont the figures of the drawirp s. t

In the preferred form thereof this improved divanette comprises a stationary frame or section relative to which. plurality oi sections are moved, and which stationary frame at the propertiine will support the back. This stationary frame or section 2 in the present instance comprises a pair of end frames 3 forming" and arms t a and '5, the rear legs 6 lieing sn' contending? l at each end also are connected by a o. eXtendingg' bar 9. located for movementbetween these end frames 5'5 a some ct bed *ctions coi'nprisinn a main or ceni.. ai secti n. it). to I 'ch hinged a bac 1 lion and wl h front sliding ttion $20 and trout slitting so connected so that on the and lo ably connected by lcngil'nci section slitting: of the section it} the hack 53 t"; will Specification of'Lc'tte'rs'IPatent.

Application filed January 18, 1913.

l and a Patented June 3; 1913 Serial-No. 742,623.-

be thrown down on to the stationary f'ame 2.

The main section 10 comprises a pair of end frames 11 suitably bracedand carrying a spring mattress 12. Connected to each end frame 11 is a pair of angle bars 13 and 13, which pass through straps 14 and 14' secured'to the inner leg 5 of the stationary frame 2, by which means the movements of the several bed sections relatively to the frame 2 are guided and which also tendto suitably brace the forward legs 5 ofthe two end frames 3 so that no lengthwise extending braces are needed at this point.

Hinged to the rear side of the main section 10 is the back .JGCIlOll 2O hereinbefore reterrcdto, which likewise carries a spring :fabr': 21 and which when the structure is in the formof adivan forms the back thereof and when the structure is opened out upon-the upper transverse bar 7 connecting the legs 6 of the stationary section 2. Secured to the opposite or front side of the main section 10 is a U-shaped bar 31, this being pivoted at its ends to the end frames 11 of -said section 10, and this bar carries one part 0:! a sectional mattress, as 32-, one edge of which is connected to another-section of such sectional mattress, as 15, which in turn is connected to the section 22 forming part of the back. This front bed section 30 when the structure is in the form of a d' an normally rests on top of the stutted mattress 15 of the section it) to form the seat.

Located under the spring 12 of the main or central section '10 is the sliding: "trout section l-O hereinbctoro referred to. and this sliding: section connected at each end by a linkage connection *ll with the Un v-sped bar 31 forming the section 5&0, so that on n'ianinnlatingr this bar oi the section 0 the trout sliding section will be pushed,

nected and provided with tin: usual spring; "ll. t nnetin lb inch seenm Q! with, tlulr n lltll" hill il is an ther linlc l, one at (mm; end, and this "ction omprises dopiuldingr member I .nectetl to the back and linked. by a member 535 with the trontsliding sectior. 40, so that on manipulating the section 2-30 the front sliding section 40 will be moved forward or backward and at the same time the back will be raised or lowered, a suit.- able spring 50 being shown for assisting the manipulation of the-back.

By means of the present improvementthe structure may be utilized without pulling the same from thewall, which is a very desirable feature in an article of thiskind. In practice the main or central section 10 and front sliding section 40 are provided with casters 51. 4

hen the divanette is in the form of a divan the back 20 is of course in a raised position, the seat section 30 is resting upon the main or central section 10 and the front sliding section 40 is under such section 10, while all of such sections are between the end frames of the stationary section 2. which of course is usually against the wall. The user, by grasping any convenient part of the structure, pulls the sections 10 and 40 forward on their casters from between the end frames 3 of the stationary section 2 and therefore to the front side thereof, as shown in Fig. 1, in which position the structure .is in readiness to be opened to form a double bed and then by manipular 'ing the U-shaped bar forming part of the section 30 the front sliding section 4.0 is shifted outwardly into the position shown in Fig. 2, where it will receive the stuffed mattress 32, and at the same time the back 20 is thrown down and is supported by the lengthwise extending side bar 7 of the end frames 3 of the stationary section 2. By shifting the bar 30 from the position shown in Fig. 2 so that it will carry. the stuffed mattress on top of the stuffed mattress 15 to form the seat the front sliding section 40 will be shifted inwardly under the section 10 and the back section 20 will be raised, whereupon theuser merely shifts the same backward and into the space be tween the end farms 3 of the stationary section.

From the foregoing it will be observed that the present improved bed structure comprises a series of three telescopic sections, two of which are shiftable or slide relatively to a stationary section and one of which shiftsv relatively-to its companion shiftable section, and one of which telescopic sections, as for instance what may be con sidcred the middle or central one when the structure is opened, carries a pair of swinging sections one in the form of a mattress and the other in the form of a back, the bed beingopened or closed by two motions,

one pulling out the telescopic sections to the'front of the stationary section and the other by moving the back or the reversible section, whereupon the bed structure is opened in the form of a full length bed as shown in Fi 3 or closed in readiness to form a divan, whereupon the telesc pic sections may be returned to their original position to form such d'ivan.

I claim as my invention:

1. A divanette comprising a stationary section or frame, a pair of sliding sections movable relatively to said stationary section both to extend beyond one side of said stationary section and one sliding extend beyond the other, each of said sliding sections including an independent spring and con'iprising in itself a complete bed structure so that each spring is in every position of its section under tension and in its normal mattress supporting position, and a back hinged to one of said sliding sections and adapted to be supported by the stationary se tion when the back is in its lowered position.

divanette comprising a stationary section or frame. a pair of sliding sections movable. relatively to said stationary section both to extend beyondone side of said stationary section and one sliding section to extend beyond the other, and a reversible section hinged to one of said sliding sections and adapted when reversed to .be supported by the other sliding section.

3. A divanette comprising a stationary section or frame, a pair of sliding sections movable relatively to said stationary section both to extend beyond one side of said stationary section and one sliding section to extend beyond the other, a back hinged to one of said sliding sections and adapted'to be supported by the stationary section when the back is in its lowered position, and a reversible section hinged to one of said slid-. ing sections and adapted when reversed to be supported by the other sliding section.

4; A divanette comprising a stationary. section, a pair of sliding sectlons movable relatively thereto to extend beyond one side of said stationary section, one of said sliding sections-being under the other, a back hinged to one of said sliding sections, and a reversible section hinged to the opposite side of the same sliding section and adapted to be supported by the other sliding section when the structure is extended to form a whereby the latter is shifted on the reversal of said reversible section.

(3. A divanette comprising astationary section, a pair of sliding sections movable relatively thereto to extend beyond one side of said stationary section, one of said sliding sections being under the other, a back hinged to one of said sliding sections, a reversible section hinged to the opposite side of the same sliding section and adapted to be supported by the other sliding sec tion when the structure is extended to form a bed, and means connecting one of said sliding sections with the back whereby when said sliding section is operated the back will be raised or lowered.

7. A divanette comprising a stationary section, a pair of sliding sections nioyahle relatively thereto to extend beyond one side of said stationary section, one of said sliding sections beingv under the other, a back hinged to one of said sliding sections, a reversible section hinged? to the opposite side of the same sliding section and adapted to be supported by the other sliding section when the structure is extended to form a bed, and means connecting the back with the under sliding section whereby when the latter is shifted the back will be raised, or lowered.

8. A' divanette comprising a stationary section or frame. a pair of sliding sections movable relatively thereto from one side to the other thereof, one comprising a central sliding section and the other a front slid-. ing section, a hack hinged to said central sliding section and adapted to be supported by said t-itationary section when such back is lowered, a reversible section also hinged to said central sliding section and adapted to be supported by said front sliding section when reversedfiineans. connecting the revf; siblc section Withthe front sliding section whereby the latter is shifted on the reversal of said reversible section, and means connecting the back with said front sliding section whereby when the latter is shifted the ba k will be raised or lowered.

9. The con'ibinatimi of a stationary section or frame, a, pair of sliding bed sections connected with said stationary section and shit'table relatively thereto irom one side to the other and each having a spring, a back section also having a spring and connected to one of said sliding sections. a reversible mattress section connected with the same sliding ..2ction and adapted in one position to form the seat and when reversed to be supported by the other sliding section,

means comiccting the reversible section with one of the sliding sections, and means connecting one of the sliding sections with the I back section whereby on shifting one of the sections two other sections will be shifted. 10. The combination of a stationary section or frame and a series oftour sections movable relatively thereto from one side to the other, and means connecting said movable sections togethcr whereby on the shift,- ing of one of them two others will be shifted, said four sections comprising a pair; of swinging sections and a pair of sliding sections.

- 11. The combination of a stationary section or frame and a series of four sections movable relatively thereto from one side to the other, means connecting said movable sections together whereby on the shifting of one of them two others will be shifted, said four sections comprising a pair of swinging sections and a pair of sliding sections, and means connecting one of the sliding sections with the stationary section. 51

12. The combination of a stationary sec tion or frame and a series of four sections movable relatively thereto from one side to the other, means connecting said movable sections together whereby on the shifting of one of themtwo others will be shifted, said four sections comprising a pair of swinging sections and a pair of sliding sections, and means connecting one of the sliding sections with each end of the stationary section.

13. A bed structure comprising a series of three sections one telescoping within another and one of said sections carrying a swinging back adapted to be supported in its lowered position by another of said sections, said section also carrying a swinging section adapted in one position to form the seat and 100 in another position to be supported by another of said sections.

14:. A bed structure comprising a series of three sections one telescoping within another and one of said sections carryinga swinging back adapted to be supported in its lowered position by another of said sections, 'said section also carrying a swinging section adapted in one position to form the seat and in another position to be supported by another of said sections, and means connecting all'of said sections together whereby on the manipulation of one two others will be shifted- Signed at Brooklyn, N. Y., this 16th day of January, 1913. (j'fi BENJAMIN B. ENGLANDER. i \Vitnesses:

ALBERT SissiNeH, AUGUST J. KRENZHAN, Jr. 

